In the Mood

Another warm, though not excessively bright, day. The hot stuff is coming! As you can see, I’m making a token effort to get in the mood for the weather… alas, less clothing only tends to prove I need to lose a few pounds. *sigh*

I’ve been thinking about money a lot again recently. I’m not stressing over it, though. I still want to be able to earn some cash from writing at some point—the recent writing I’ve done has been heaps better than any of my earlier work—but it’s going to be a slow road ahead unless I get lucky. (BTW: I’m talking about journalism, not creative/fiction stuff, which is a lost cause to all but the stubbornly dedicated and hugely prodigious.)

So the rat race beckons a little again. I’m resisting. At this exact moment in time, life is fairly comfortable, so I’m not letting the pressure bring me down. In some ways, though, I think the routine of a regular job would benefit me: it would break my horrendous sleeping patterns, for instance. I keep fairly busy—I do most of our shopping these days, as mom’s health is not great and she wants to hold down her part-time job for as long as she can. So I don’t feel useless. But an income can boost a person’s self-esteem and routine isn’t always a bad thing. Hmmm.

I’ve just lost my ebay virginity. I put a bid in for a hardcover of Frank Brady’s Orson Welles biog, which is apparently out-of-print. I’ve been wanting to read it for ages, as it’s had a lot of good reviews. So, my first bid ever! Given that I’m not made of money, I don’t want this to become a habit. 🙂

Speaking of Orson, I just finished reading an interesting book about The Third Man by Charles Drazin. I might make a few comments later… at the risk of boring my minuscule audience to tears, obviously.